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the workpeople employed in or in attendance at workshops and
buildings, 37; to cleanse workshops, 4; to abate the nuisance
caused by the overcrowding of workshops, 2; to close an underground
workshop (in a cellar) which was unfit for occupation, 1;
to make premises fit for human habitation, 67; to re-drain houses,
181; to abolish cesspools, 25; to cleanse and disinfect cesspools,
8; to provide means of ventilation to houses, 17; to provide
means of ventilation to rooms, 307; to provide means of ventilation
to underground floors, 46; and to provide water supply
to urinals, 8.
The above-mentioned notices were, in most cases, complied
with, but proceedings were taken against the owners of fifty-nine
houses (five in Greenwich and fifty-four in Deptford), for neglecting
to execute such works and do such things as were necessary for
the purpose of abating the nuisances arising upon the premises.
Upon the hearing of the summonses in relation to eleven of these
houses the Magistrate made orders, under the provisions of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, prohibiting their use for
human habitation, and the whole of these houses were accordingly
closed. The proceedings in relation to twenty-one houses resulted
in the Magistrate making orders for the abatement of the nuisances,
and the necessary works were carried out in accordance with such
orders, and the owners of the remaining twenty-seven houses, in
consequence of the proceedings taken against them, executed the
required works to each of such houses, to the satisfaction of the
Sanitary Inspector making the complaint.
Proceedings were also taken, under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, against the occupier of a room over a stable
in the Parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, and resulted in the